Public Notice – Montezuma County & Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office Notice of Petition for CBU Election

COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
DIVISION OF LABOR STANDARDS AND STATISTICS
633 17th Street, Denver, CO 80207-2107 Phone: 303-318-8441 | Fax: 303-318-8400 | www.coloradolaborlaw.gov

NEXT STEPS IN THE ELECTION
Before the election is held, the Division’s Notice of Election will be distributed and posted. The Notice of Election will explain the date(s), time(s), and places(s) of the election, including directions and deadlines for returning ballots, and will include a list of employees who are eligible to vote.

ELECTION RULES
The Collective Bargaining by County Employees Act and Rules are designed to maintain election fairness and guarantee free choice by employees. If any party acts in any way to interfere with your right to free choice in the election, please notify the Division immediately.

Examples of conduct interfering with employees’ rights include (but are not limited to):

• An employer or a union threatens employees with physical force, violence, discipline, loss of jobs, benefits, or other negative employment consequences to influence their votes.
• Promising or granting promotions, pay raises, or other benefits, to influence an employee’s vote by a party capable of carrying out such promises.
• An employer fi ring employees to discourage or encourage union activity, or a union causing them to be fi red to encourage union activity.
• Making campaign or election-related speeches to assembled groups of employees on company time, where attendance is mandatory, (1) within the 24-hour period before the polls for the election first open, or (2) if the election is conducted by mail, from the time and date the ballots are scheduled to be sent out by the Division until the time and date set for their return.

Please be assured that all employee election ballots and voting preferences are CONFIDENTIAL and will not be disclosed to the employer or the union.

The Division will also make every eff ort to protect employees’ rights to free choice under the law. All parties are expected to fully cooperate with the Division’s rules and refrain from improper conduct to ensure that a fair election is conducted as required by law.

WARNING: THIS IS AN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT NOTICE AND MUST NOT BE DEFACED BY ANYONE. IT MUST REMAIN
POSTED FROM 1/17/2025 WITH ALL PAGES SIMULTANEOUSLY VISIBLE, UNTIL IT IS REPLACED BY THE NOTICE OF ELECTION OR UNTIL THE PETITION IS DISMISSED OR WITHDRAWN.
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